Question

You’re driving down I-95 (one of the major highways around here—which you should try to avoid during heavy commuting hours by the way) and as you’re driving, you suddenly see a car driving towards you! Explain how this perceived stimulus would affect you (think of the physical responses and your subjective feelings) based on the a) James Lange Theory of Emotion, b) Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion, and c) Schacter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion (its a physiological psychology question )

Answer 1

James Lange Theory of Emotion

1. See a car driving towards me
2. Heart pounds and hands tremble
3. Then, experience fear

Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

1. See a car driving towards me
2. Experience heart pounding, hands trembling and emotion of fear simultaneously

Schacter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

1. See a car driving towards me
2. Experience the factor one which is physiological arousal as a result of which heart pounds and hands tremble
3. Then, experience the factot two which is cognitive labelling of arousal where I term my arousal as terrified